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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does York warn Gaunt in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) That his wife is going to leave him.
(b) That Mowbray is going to try to kill him.
(c) That Bolingbroke is confronting very harsh conditions in his exile.
(d) That Richard will ignore him.

2. What is Gaunt talking about during his famous speech in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Family.
(b) Richard.
(c) England.
(d) Life.

3. Where was the setting for Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Buckingham Palace.
(b) Alexandra Palace.
(c) Windsor Castle.
(d) Parliament.

4. What is the biggest concern in Act 2, Scene 2 regarding the war in Ireland?
(a) The weather is miserable and men are dying of illness.
(b) The fact that the war is on Irish soil, and not at home.
(c) Paying for it.
(d) Defeating the rebels.

5. What does Gaunt mock while he speaks with Richard in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) His son's exile.
(b) His name.
(c) His wife's cooking.
(d) His sickness.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Where then, alas, may I complain myself?" Who says this?

2. Who announces Gaunt's death?

3. "...for God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight..." Who is being referred to here?

4. Who does the Servant announce has died in Act 2, Scene 2?

5. What is Richard's reaction towards the news of Gaunt he receives in Act 1, Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the conversation in Flint Castle between Richard and Aumerle immediately following the one with Northumberland?

2. What do Gaunt and York discuss privately in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

3. Why doesn't Richard trust Bolingbroke's relationship with the people of England?

4. What happens after Aumerle and his family enter Act 5, Scene 3?

5. Of what do Mowbray and Bolingbroke accuse one another in Act 1, Scene 1?

6. What is the overall mood of Act 2, Scene 2?

7. How does Act 5, Scene 5 end?

8. How is Act 1, Scene 1 different after the revelations of Scene 2?

9. When is it apparent in the play that Richard will be succeeded?

10. What does Richard announce he will do at the end of Act 2, Scene 1? What do we learn will happen upon his doing so?

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